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Procurement and Project Delivery

Recognised for the diversity and breadth of our practice, our construction team has a proven track record in applying project management expertise to help clients delivering major projects and transactions across a wide range of industries and sectors.

Port of Townsville Limited has commenced an expansion of the Port of Townsville to address current capacity constraints and accommodate forecast growth in trade over a planning horizon to 2040. We are assisting the Port of Townsville Limited in all matters associated with the $310 million upgrade of two major berths at the Townsville port including the project delivery method which is now proposed to be a competitive ECI. This project involves reclamation, general construction and upgrading of facilities.

Monash Children's Hospital

Advising the Department of Health on the procurement of the new Monash Children's Hospital, a crucial social infrastructure project for the South-Eastern metropolitan region. This project will be delivered under a Managing Contractor model, and follows on from our successful role in advising the government on a similar procurement process for the redevelopment of the Box Hill Hospital.

New Perth Stadium PPP

Acted for Brookfield Multiplex Constructions as D&C Contractor on the Westadium bid in relation to the new Perth Stadium PPP. Work involved negotiating and documenting the project documents including the Project Agreement, D&C Subcontract terms Sheet, Interface Terms Sheet and other ancillary documents including the agreement to be entered into with the proposed operator of the stadium.

Melbourne Airport Southern Precinct Project

Assisted in its redevelopment of the Southern Precinct of Melbourne Airport and the provision of facilities at the new terminal to Jetstar and Tiger Airways.

Ergon Energy procurement suite

Review and upgrade of Ergon Energy's key construction and procurement contracts (with the addition of new contracts as necessary) to facilitate Ergon Energy's business needs.

More Recent Work

Intercity fleet rail procurement

Working closely with the NSW Government in procuring the new fleet of intercity trains, including approximately 520 new carriages. It is intended that the trains will be procured off-the-shelf with proven technology, and configured to meet the NSW Government's specific needs. The trains are expected to be delivered progressively from 2018 until 2024.

Acted for Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd and Brookfield Multiplex Services Pty Ltd as Construction Contractor and Facilities Manager on the VeNuSW bid in relation to the Sydney International Convention, Exhibition and Entertainment Centre PPP (SICEEP). The SICEEP project included the design, construction, operation and maintenance of new exhibition, convention and entertainment facilities at Darling Harbour as well as the design and construction of a new hotel, residential development and student accommodation. Work involved negotiating and documenting project documents, including the Project Deed, Project Delivery Agreement, Construction Contract Terms Sheet, Hotel Construction Contract Terms Sheet, Early Works Contract Terms Sheet, Facilities Management Contract Terms Sheet, Interface Agreement Terms Sheet and various other multipartite agreements.

Walker Corporation Rhodes Peninsula

Acted for Walker Corporation in its redevelopment of waterfront land at Rhodes, NSW. The development is an estimated A$800 million project which involved a paint factory site being remediated and redeveloped to a mixed-use, high-rise, shopping centre, residential and commercial village.

Acted for Roads & Maritime Services (RMS) on preparing the new design and construction project deed for use on major projects. Work involved participating in workshops to discuss risk allocation and drafting the new form of contract in close consultation with the RMS legal and commercial teams.

Northern Beaches Hospital PPP Project

Advised New South Wales Health Infrastructure on the design, construction and build of the Northern Beaches Hospital PPP Project using a clinical services outsourcing model, including procurement and financing structures, managing diverse stakeholder interests and NSW Government and NSW Health policy issues. The finalised RFT structure and documentation was endorsed by the NSW Government as a preferred core procurement methodology for hospitals in the State going forward.

Port of Melbourne Channel Deepening Project

Advised Port of Melbourne Channel Deepening, one of the largest infrastructure projects conducted by the Victorian Government in recent times, seen as critical to the Port and Australia's position in global shipping. As key advisers to the Port of Melbourne Corporation, we advised on many aspects of the project, including the Supplementary Environmental Effects Statement and managed the public hearing process Federal Court litigation over the Federal Government's environmental approval for the dredging, cultural and Aboriginal heritage issues, relocation of essential infrastructure under the Yarra River, the resolution of the alliance dredging contract, and land tenure issues relating to land assets affected by the project.

Brisbane Airport parallel runway

The cornerstone of the Brisbane Airport Corporation's infrastructure program for Australia's third-busiest airport is a new Parallel Runway, expected to be completed by 2020. We are currently supporting BAC with the development and implementation of a procurement strategy for Stage 1 of the proposed A$1.3 billion runway.

CBA Collins Square Development - 717 Collins Street, Melbourne

Advising CBA on the design, construction and lease of commercial office space in building 4B which forms part of the Collins Square development in Melbourne. The Collins Square development consists of 4 commercial towers including open plaza areas, secure parking, retail levels and pedestrian access.

AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund – $317 million acquisition and development of 190/200 George Street, Sydney

Acted for AMP in relation to the acquisition and redevelopment of a 50% interest in 190-200 George Street, Sydney.

$450m Amcor Paper Mill

Advised Amcor on a A$450m redevelopment of its paper mill in Botany, NSW. Work has involved advice and workshops on procurement strategy, drafting and negotiating the various contracts, including letters of intent, engineering contracts, supply contracts, installation contract and the design and construction agreement, acting in relation to a security of payment claim and adjudication, mediations and advising on contract administration.

$800m Discovery Point mixed use development

Acting for a wholly owned subsidiary of Frasers Property Australia (formerly Australand Holdings Ltd) on the A$800 million Discovery Point development at Wolli Creek in New South Wales. This 8-hectare mixed use development will feature residential apartments, commercial offices, an integrated retail centre and extensive public and private parklands. We are advising on procurement and OH&S strategies, drafting pro-forma and project specific documentation (such as consultancy agreements and design and construct contracts), assisting in the preparation of the tender conditions, advising on the tendering process and compiling documentation for tender.

East West Link PPP project

Advised Leighton Contractors on their shortlisted bid, as part of the Momentum Infrastructure consortium, for the operation and maintenance elements of the East West Link PPP project.

ENERGEX – Procurement Policies, Processes and Systems

Advised Energex on the auditing, development and integration of procurement policies, processes and systems. This included developing the tender conditions (standard and special) and tender documents, discussing the process and outcomes with tenderers, advising on associated tender issues, providing advice to the ENERGEX board, and daily matters such as developing tender and purchasing systems.

Development of a suite of procurement contracts

Assisted Peabody Energy Australia with development of a suite of procurement contracts (including construction contracts) for use across multiple mine sites in Queensland and New South Wales. We currently assisting Peabody in the negotiation of deals based on those templates, with those deals ranging in complexity and value from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars.

CBA Office Space - 357 Collins Street, Melbourne

Advising the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) on 357 Collins St, Melbourne. Our role included advising CBA on the design, construction and lease of commercial office space, acting in relation to its negotiation for the design, construction and lease of additional commercial office space to that in the original Agreement for Lease and we also settled claims in relation to CBA's delay damages and advising on contract administration matters involving variation claims and extensions of time claims.

Dawson and Lake Lindsay projects

Advised on the expansion of Anglo American's Dawson and Lake Lindsay projects involved capital expenditure in excess of $1b and required a contracting strategy that would ensure the procurement of coal preparation plants, long conveyors, crushing plants, and associated building and civil infrastructure. We helped Anglo establish several alliances, several EPCM contracts and a multitude of equipment and services procurement contracts.

Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Project

Advising the Victorian Department of Human Services on the delivery of the A$1billion Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Project. This world-class cancer centre will be built in Parkville to drive the next generation of progress in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. It will be one of the only hospitals in the world where the primary cancer research entities will be collocated with patients to facilitate the shortest time for treatment to move from research to bedside.